Future Fit: Delay in Shropshire A&E decision has support, says chief

0 Comments David Evans, who is in charge of the programme to restructure services at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, dismissed suggestions that either organisation is losing patience with the project.
He said: "I believe NHS England will support the policy we have taken."
It comes as Telford MP Lucy Allan called for the Government to step in and prevent more delays in the process, which has now been deferred for a month in the wake of a threatened legal challenge from Telford & Wrekin Council.
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